eggie100
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I have a group of red eyed tetras mixed with other small tetras and harlequins.
Today, I found 3 red-eyes dead up my filter. I have an Eheim Aquaball inside the tank. If you're familiar with the Aquaball's design, you'll know that at the bottom of it, there's a small tunnel where water gets propelled in. I found all 3 red-eyed tetras in there. The tunnel is NOT exposed to anything dangerous like the propeller of the filter.
So why would 3 tetras get sucked up there all at once? All the fish were accounted for yesterday, so this happened quite recently. Did something scare them and they all went into this tunnel of the filter? Were they already dead and this filter just happen to suck up 3 fish? That just doesn't seem likely. I've since removed this sceondary filter as my Eheim Professionel II alone should be more than suffucient for this 26 gal tank.
Any thoughts on this would appreciated....and thanks in advanced.
Today, I found 3 red-eyes dead up my filter. I have an Eheim Aquaball inside the tank. If you're familiar with the Aquaball's design, you'll know that at the bottom of it, there's a small tunnel where water gets propelled in. I found all 3 red-eyed tetras in there. The tunnel is NOT exposed to anything dangerous like the propeller of the filter.
So why would 3 tetras get sucked up there all at once? All the fish were accounted for yesterday, so this happened quite recently. Did something scare them and they all went into this tunnel of the filter? Were they already dead and this filter just happen to suck up 3 fish? That just doesn't seem likely. I've since removed this sceondary filter as my Eheim Professionel II alone should be more than suffucient for this 26 gal tank.
Any thoughts on this would appreciated....and thanks in advanced.